Brush and wiper fixture.



P. SHANNON. BRUSH AND wma FIXTURE. APPLICATION PLED SEPT.18,1911.

` Patented Augl 13,1912.

UNTTED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

.PETER SHANNON, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BRUSH AND WIPER- FIXTURE.

Application filed September 18, 1911.

u is a specification.

This invention relates to combined window washing brushes and wipers, and hasI 'for its object to provide a simple and etlicient construction and combination of parts adapted to` afl'ord a connected brush and wiper adaptedfor ready alternate use as required in cleaning store windows and the like. and with which the wiper can be readily swungout of the way when the appliance is used as a brush in the initial window washingl operation, all as will hereinaftermore t'ully appear.

In the accompanying.; drawings: Figure 1, is a side elevation of' the present appliance in place in an ordinary window wash'- ing,r brush. Fig. 2, is a detail perspective view of the appliance.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in both views.

eferring to the drawings, 1 represents the usual window washing brush, and 2. the wiper of the ordinary form generally known as a squeegem and consist-ing of a strip of rubber fabric secured in a metal back 4, as shown in'l'fig. 1.

5 is a tapering tubular sleeve, the smaller and lower end oi' which. is adapted to fit a mrrespondingrly tapered orice in the brush body to attain a rigid and substantial connection of the part rl`hc upper and larger end of said sleeve is adapted to receive in turn the tapering end of an ordinary pole or handle (i, by which the in'iplement is manipulated in reaching the higher port-ion of store windows and the like, and said upper portion will have sullicient length Iso that it can be 1grasped directly by the hand of' the' operator in cleaning nearly adjacent show rwindows and the like.

7 is the middle portion of the connecting Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenten Aug. 13, i912. serial No. 649,966. i

member or fixture by which attachment of the wiper 2 is made to the tubular sleeve 5, a'fpresaid, and ,for such purpose one end of tlr'e fixture' is forked and provided with holding jaws 8 adapted to receive and hold th'e base portion or back of the wiper 2. At its other end said fixture 4, is formed with a;f..uivot eye 9, adapted to lit between a pair oit pivot lugs 10, on the sleeve 5, and be piivotally attached by a pivot pin or rivet l1, as shown.

l2 is a lateral lug on the middle portion ot the connectingr member or fixture 7, adapted to frietionally engage between a pair of lugs 13 on the sleeve 5, to hold the said fixture in its active position, againstaccidental displacement.

,When notrequiredfor actual use the fix- T carrying the wiper 2, can be turned ture up and out ofthe wayagainst the pole or Having thus fully described my said invention what l claim as new andv desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A connecting fixture for Window cleaning brushes and wipers, comprising a sleeve adapted to fit an orifice in the brush body, and a connecting member attached to said sleeve in a pivotal manner at one'end and provided at.- its other end withy a pair of holding jaws for a wiper, substantially as set forth.

2. A connecting fixture Jfor Window cleaning brushes and wipers, comprising a sleeve adapted to fit an orifice in the brush body, and a connecting member attached to said sleeve in a pivotal manner at one end and provided at its other end with a pair of holding jaws for a the middle portion of the connecting member, and a pair oflugs on the sleeve for engaging the same, substantially as set forth.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, his 9th day of September, 1911.

PETER SHANNON.

Witnesses:

Ronnn'r BURNS, .losnrn I. RAEFERTY.

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wiper, a lateral plug on A 

